Thursday, November 14, 2013

Review: Supernatural 9x06 "Heaven Can’t Wait"

Original air date: Nov. 12, 2013

What does it mean to be human? Human beings have complex emotions and yet pain
is pain. Castiel feels are my pain at
the moment to be honest.

We find Castiel working as a sales associate in a
convenience store. Last time we saw him,
he had nothing. He was living on the
streets and going by Clarence. Now as
Steve, he seems happy enough. He’s
watching and learning human interactions and he has a job to do. He might even have a date with his pretty
manager, Nora, who seems pretty cool.

Castiel, still a hunter in training, notices something in
the newspaper and calls Dean. He think
he might have a case for him. So far
there have been four unexplained deaths.
People who were depressed are suddenly exploding violently in a pink
flash. Dean drops everything to go check
it out. He says it’s to get out of the
piles of research that Kevin and Sam have waiting for him, but I think it was more
visiting Castiel.

Back at the Batcave, Kevin has run into a brick wall with
translating the angel tablet. He’s been
able to translate it into an ancient language, but is unable to translate that
into anything readable. Crowley is the
only person who can help, but he has one demand. A phone call.

Crowley’s been out of the game for awhile now and Abbadon
has been busy with her coup. If Crowley’s time on hold is any kind of
indication she’s making some real lead way and Crowley needs to be worried
about his crown. She’s coming for
it. I think we can all agree that if
Abbadon gains control of hell, the boys are going to have a lot more than the
angels to worry about.

Crowley might not be the most trustworthy demon (well,
considering all the demons they've come in contact with he actually might), but
one thing you can count on is that Crowley honors his deals. He was originally a crossroads demon
after all. Crowley translates the tablet
and drops the big news. Metatron’s spell
cannot be undone. There is no way to
return the angels to heaven and no way for Castiel to get his grace back.

After checking in at the crime scene, Dean of course shows
up at Castiel’s work. Now, let me just
stop right here. Castiel was homeless,
but he has a job now, and he’s starting to slowly rebuild. He had nothing when he fell and you know what
Dean needs to stop giving him crap for it.
Zeke made sure that Cas couldn't stay at the Batcave and he’s done what
he needed to survive. So. Dean? Stop
being such a Dick… Roman. Which he eventually did do. He gave Cas his blessing to go be a regular
human for awhile. That is after they
take a look at the next crime scene together.

Dean convincing Castiel to go with him was giving me all
sorts of Pilot flashbacks. It was almost
a perfect parallel to Dean asking Sam to come with him to find Dad.

Dean: “I can’t do this alone.”

Sam: “Yes you can.”

Dean: “Well, I don’t want too.”

It’s at the next crime scene that Castiel is able to figure
out who is behind everything. It’s an
angel whose name roughly translates to “Hands of Mercy.” An angel who would treat the wounded on the
battlefield and if that angel was past saving he’d explode them in a flash of
pink (less painful apparently). Now that
this angel is on earth he is trying to continue his heavenly duties. The problem is, he doesn't understand human emotions. Pain is pain and he
thinks he’s helping these people. Then
he comes for Cas and we’re all in pain at the realization that Castiel is not
happy.

Favorite bits of the episode?

Sam all angry and upset that Dean didn't ask Castiel what
he’d been up too. Also, that Dean had no
plans to go visit Castiel even though he was going to be in Idaho already.

The Demon phone network putting Crowley on hold.

Dean’s dating and style advice for Cas. That entire scene was so cute. It was like a parent dropping their son off
for their first dance and it was adorable.

Cas’ lullaby. OMG can
I get that as a ringtone or something for when I have trouble sleeping? Also Castiel is totally relating to that baby
and it’s the cutest thing in the entire world. “Nobody told you. Nobody explained.”

Dean gave Cas babysitting tips!! Something he learned
raising Sam? Because when he had Bobby John, that baby wasn't with him long
enough to have a fever. *sticks fingers in ears* to the people reminding me of
Dean babysitting Lisa’s niece.

We have come full circle here. We had a human addicted to demon blood, and
now we have a demon addicted to human blood.
I did always wonder what would happen if a human became addicted to
angel blood…

In conclusion: Being put on hold is literally hell. Nuking taquitos and nachos is totes as
important as heavenly battles. My
headcanon tells me that Castiel took his name Steve from Captain America.